[openssl] master update
Dr. Paul Dale
pauli at openssl.org
Wed Mar 3 12:03:52 UTC 2021
The branch master has been updated
via cb54d1b9d7f0d386aa22550d8b12ecd43e248a3f (commit)
from f21afe636067f9aa27cef94c31d8e32128da0ecb (commit)
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commit cb54d1b9d7f0d386aa22550d8b12ecd43e248a3f
Author: Pauli <ppzgs1 at gmail.com>
Date: Tue Mar 2 18:33:55 2021 +1000
doc: add a note to the RAND_get0_ calls indicating how to set the DRBG type.
The type needs to be set before the DRBGs are created.
Reviewed-by: Tomas Mraz <tomas at openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/14386)
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Summary of changes:
doc/man3/RAND_get0_primary.pod | 7 ++++++-
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/doc/man3/RAND_get0_primary.pod b/doc/man3/RAND_get0_primary.pod
index cf0fae95f7..6ee3da2df7 100644
--- a/doc/man3/RAND_get0_primary.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/RAND_get0_primary.pod
@@ -57,9 +57,14 @@ During initialization, it is possible to change the reseed interval
and reseed time interval.
It is also possible to exchange the reseeding callbacks entirely.
+To set the type of DRBG that will be instantiated, use the
+L<RAND_set_DRBG_type(3)> call before accessing the random number generation
+infrastructure.
+
=head1 SEE ALSO
-L<EVP_RAND(3)>
+L<EVP_RAND(3)>,
+L<RAND_set_DRBG_type(3)>
=head1 HISTORY
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